Guard spokesman Eric Durr says Monday that the Air National Guard has decided not to resume the search this spring for the MQ-9 Reaper because a harsh winter of strong waves likely dispersed the debris field.

The drone crashed Nov. 12 after taking off from Fort Drum in northern New York. Military officials say the multimillion-dollar aircraft went down about 20 miles northeast of Oswego. Pieces of the drone later washed ashore about 12 miles east of where it crashed.

The drone was among those flown by the Air Guard's Syracuse-based 174th Attack Wing.